FF 1 Graduation - Westchester County Dept. of Emergency Services at the Robert J. Schnibbe Support Building

By Chief Martin Gunther

July 16, 2017

Six members of the Hastings-on-Hudson Fire Department recently graduated from the Westchester County Department of Emergency Services Fire Academy Firefighter I & Survival Program. Firefighter I is a combined course of Basic Exterior Firefighting Operations (BEFO) with Hazardous Materials First Responder Operations (HMFRO) and SCBA/Interior Firefighting Operations (IFO). All combined, it is 129 training hours in both the classroom and field evolutions.